HTA in IE9,10?

[Mayayana]

I've been seeing indications in my server logs that
people may be having trouble with HTAs in IE9 and/or
IE10. I've got one test machine for Win7 where HTAs
work fine, but I haven't checked different versions of
IE. Does anyone know of any recent changes that limit
or restrict HTA functionality?

[Dave "Crash" Dummy]

I am running Win7 Ultimate x64, and I use HTA extensively. I recently
updated from IE 8 to IE 10 (I never used IE 9), and most of my scripts
run without incident. I did have trouble with a few, but I can't give
any examples off the top of my head.
--
Crash

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~

[Dave "Crash" Dummy]

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> Mayayana wrote:
>> I've been seeing indications in my server logs that people may be
>> having trouble with HTAs in IE9 and/or IE10. I've got one test
>> machine for Win7 where HTAs work fine, but I haven't checked
>> different versions of IE. Does anyone know of any recent changes
>> that limit or restrict HTA functionality?
>
> I am running Win7 Ultimate x64, and I use HTA extensively. I recently
> updated from IE 8 to IE 10 (I never used IE 9), and most of my
> scripts run without incident. I did have trouble with a few, but I
> can't give any examples off the top of my head.

I can give one annoying example of changed behavior. I have a HTA
program that uses an image file of varying size and color to construct a
grid. Rather than keep an infinite assortment of files of varying size
and color on hand, I create the desired image file on the fly and then
reload it into the program. I was using a fixed filename (tile.png) and
it worked fine with IE8. When I switched to IE10, it refused to load the
modified file and insisted on using the image initially stored in memory.
I eventually had to rewrite the routine using random file names,
deleting the current version then creating a new file with a new name.
--
Crash

Committed to the search for intraterrestrial intelligence.

[Mayayana]

Thanks for that info. It sounds like the usual
IE update: Everything still works but some
broken compatibility.